Tony Abbott

Key policies of Australia’s new conservative prime minister Tony Abbott, who has swept into office in national elections to end six years of centre-l(...)

Australia’s conservative leader Tony Abbott has swept into office today in a landslide election as voters punished the outgoing Labor government for s(...)

Millions of Australians voters will take to the polls on Saturday morning in an election which is expected to remove the Labor Party from power after (...)

The Liberal-National coalition, which looks set to win a landslide victory in tomorrow’s Australian election, has been sharply criticised by the Unite(...)

As the clock strikes 9am in Ireland next Saturday, polls will close on Australia’s east coast. By the time polls close on the west coast two hours lat(...)

If the Irish Labor candidates don’t retain their seats in the forthcoming Australian election, then Labor is very unlikely to retain power.Wicklow-bor(...)

Australia’s opposition, tipped to win next month’s general election, promised today to revive tough laws barring thousands of asylum seekers already i(...)

With three weeks to go before the Australian election, the minority Labor government is fast running out of time to improve its poll standing and reta(...)

The Australian prime minister has used the first election debate to promise legislation on gay marriage within 100 days were he to be re-elected, “as (...)

One of Rupert Murdoch’s biggest money spinners, The Simpsons television show, has sometimes featured curmudgeonly old Mr Burns instructing his ever-su(...)